Improved mangle



` UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES CROZA' CONVERSE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

IM PROVED MANGLE.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,301, dated May 20,1862.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES CEOZAT CON VERSE, of Elmira, in the countyof Chemu'ng and exact description of the saine, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of this speciiication, in which-Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line xFig. 2, and shown adjusted for use. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same ina folded state. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same in part.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a clothes-mangle which will besimple and efficient in its operation and capable of being folded upcompactly when not required for To this end the invention consists inthe employment or use of two pressure-rollers and an endless apron, thelatter being applied to an adjustable or extension frame dnd ar rangedin relation with the pressure rollers,

` as hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I

' will proceed to describe it.

j A represents an upright framing, which is composed of two side pieces,a ct, connected by cross-ties b. This framing may be of wood orv castiron.

slots CZ in the side pieces, a4 o', and rest on springs e, said springsbearing Yon the ends of a bar, D, which extend into the slots d. The barD at its center rests on a screw, E, which passes through the center ofthe lower cross-tie, b, of the framing A. The springs e may be of metaland of spiral form, as

, shown in Fig. 3, or india-rubber springs may be used or volute metalsprings.v The springs c cause the lower roller, C, to press upwardagainst the upper one, and this pressure may be graduated as desired byadjusting the screw E. i

The shaft f of the upper roller projects through the side pieces, c a,of the framing, and on one end of said shaft ato'othed Wheel, E, isplaced, into which a pinion, Grp, gears, said pinion being at one endof4 a shaft, II, in the framing. This shaft I-I is provided with acrank, I, adjoining the pinion Cr,'and also provided with a Iiy-wheel,J, at the end opposite to that where the pinion Gis at tached. (See Fig.2.)

K is a folding or extension frame which is attached to the framing A,and is composed of four side pieces, g, which are attached two at thefront and two at the back side of the machine. The side pieces, g, areattached tothe side pieces, a, of the framing A by means of pivots h,and the side pieces, g, are connected at their outer ends by rollhas asupport or prop, j, attached to it by a pivot, k.

Lis an endless apron constructed of any suitable cloth orfabric. lThisapron passes around the rollers 'L' t' ofthe frame K and clearly in Fig.1.

is adjusted out from the framing A and supported by the props j, asshown in Fig. l. Motion is th en given the rollers B C by turning thecrank I of shaft H, and the clothes to be operated upon are placed onthe apron L and moved back and forth between the two rollers B and C,the clothes being subjected to a requisite pressure by adjusting thescrew E. In case very long pieces .of clothes are to be operated upon,longer than the apron L, they may be allowed to wind upon the upperroller, B. Vhen the machine is not in use, the side pieces, g, of theframe K may be folded up, against the framing A, as shown in red in Fig.l, thereby occupying but little space.

mangles are not more generally used is that `they have been large andcumbersome, re-

quiring a considerable space not" only to opers Each side piece, g, nearits outer end4 over and under the lower roller, C, as shown Theoperation is as follows: The frame K One of the principal reasons whyclotheserate them in,but also to store them away when not in use. Thiscliliculty is fully ob- Viated by my invention.

I do not claim, broadly, the employment or use of pressure-rollers forthe purpose Specified; but

I (lo claim as neY and desire to Letters Patent The pressure-rollers B Cand endless apron Secure by L, in combination with the folding 0rextension frame K, all arranged and applied to the framing' ASubstantially as and for the purpose herein Set forth CHARLES CROZ ALTCONVERSE.

Vitnesses:

ANNA CONVERSE, LIDA LEWIS CoiwERsE.y

